Shoe.



G. W. BAKER.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1912.

1,041,404. Patented 00s. 15, 1912.

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GEORGE VJ. BAKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE.

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To all whom "it may concern;

Be it known that I, Gnonen W. BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Brooklyn and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful lm rovements in Shoes,of which the following is a full, clear, and. exact description.

This invention relates to footwear and more particularly to ladiesshoes, and has for one of its objects the provision of means upon ahigh-cut shoe for imparting thereto, when in use and when the shoe upperis substantially covered by the skirt of the wearer, the appearance of alow-cut shoe.

Another object of my invention is to protect the lower portion of theshoe-upper and especially the line of closure thereof from dust and dirtand to effectually conceal such dust as may accumulate around, forexample, the loops in a shoe lacing which are normally undisturbed whenapplying the shoe to, or removing it from the foot of the wearer.

These and other objects of the invention will be hereinafter referred toand the novel combination of parts whereby the same may be attained willbe more particularly set forth in the claim appended hereto.

In the drawing which forms a part here of and in which like referencecharacters designate like parts in the respective views, I haveexemplified preferred constructions of my device. I am aware, however,that various changes and modifications may be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention and hence desire to be limitedonly by the scope of said claim.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ladies laced shoe.Fig. 2 is a similar view of a buttoned shoe.

Referring to Fig. 1, the shoe therein shown is, in appearance, in so faras the lower portion or vamp 2 thereof is concerned, a low cut shoe;being provided with a decorative device in the form of a buckle 3, orthe like, and a shielding tab or tongue 4 projecting up from below thelatter. The vamp may be, for example, of patent leather and the tab ortongue may be, and preferably is, of the same or similar material, so asto be sufliciently stiff to hold its shape. To the top of this lowerportion 2 is stitched the shoe upper, or ankle inclosing portion 5, sothat the ankles of the wearer are protected and Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed June 11, 1912.

Patented Dot. 15,1912. Serial No. 702,944.

supported thereby in the usual manner. The upper may be of cloth orother suitable material; being made, if desired of material resemblingthat of a stocking.

The shoe upper has the usual closure line 6, the edges of which may beheld in proper relationship by a shoe lace 7, or the like; or the uppermay be of the buttoned type as shown in Fig. 2, the buttons in thisfigure being designated 8.

The tongue 4L- serves to impart to the shoe the appearance, when on thefoot of the wearer, and more especially when her skirt substantiallycovers the shoe upper, of a lowcut shoe; covering, as it does, theportion of the closure line with its fastening means, 6. 9., lace orbuttons, which would ordinarily be exposed from beneath the edge of theskirt. The tab or tongue in question, however, serves the furtherpurpose of protecting the lower portion of the closure from dust anddirt.

When one wears a laced shoe, usually the bottom two or three loops ormore of the lace are seldom disturbed, it being sufiicient to loosen theupper loops when it is desired to draw the shoe on or to remove thesame. The space between these loops and the space between the edges ofthe closure are pecul iarly susceptible to the collection of dust owingto their exposed position upon the foot of the wearer; and the coveringtab or tongue not only conceals these loops in manner aforesaid butquite effectually prevents the accumulation of dust therein; while ifdust or dirt does find its way into these cavities it will be unnoticedowing to the presence of the tongue thereabove. When the shoe is of thebutton type, as shown in Fig. 2, the tab still serves to impart to theshoe the appearance of low-cut footwear, the tab concealing thelowermost button or buttons.

If desired, a bow may be substituted for the buckle in the manner shownin Fig. 2, wherein small laterally extending tabs 9 project toward eachother from points adjacent the bottom of the tongue at and said tabs 9may be provided with eyelets 10 through which may be passed a ribbon 11,or the like, to form the bow above referred to. F or clearness ofillustration the how has been shown in dotted lines; and the line ofjointure 12 of the tongue to the vamp, and the tabs 9 have hence beenshown in full.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is:

A high-cut shoe comprising a vamp and an ankle inclosing upper portiondistinctive in appearance from said vamp, the upper portion having edgesadapted to be drawn toward each other to secure the shoe upon the footof the wearer, means for holding said edges in operative relationship, ashielding tab projecting upwardly outside of said edges from a pointadjacent the bottom of Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 7

the same, and a decorative device disposed upon said tab and coveringthe line of jointure of the latter to the shoe proper, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof, ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

Gnonen W.BAKER.

lVitnesses VVALno M. CHAPIN, WVIL I'AM C. LARG.

Washington, D. C.

I subscribe my signla;

